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Excuse me? Alcoholism and drug addiction are now a disability? I believe these are the result of premeditated stupidity. And as a popular comedian says, "You can't fix stupid." Now, many good, decent people will be forced by their local government to abide these "disabled" people.

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Another phone book? Seriously, why does a county with only fewer than 200,000 residents need four phone books? Most of my friends and neighbors say they just throw them away, as do we! Perhaps the solution is for businesses to pick one and tell the others to go away rather than advertising in all of them!

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Ted Arsenault is right on! Obama and his administration is ruining this country. When the Loony Left hears the truth they go berserk and get their skivvies all in a knot.

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For all the parents who are disappointed by not seeing Miley's performance on VMA: There are several weeks of hot weather remaining this year, and you probably can catch seeing similar action by the local teenagers at the area's lakes.

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I really believe it is high time that Dixie State (as a university), should get serious about quality speakers and get away from the "on the cheap" stuff, for its Dixie Forum "A Window on the World." To date it has basically been a window from Southern Utah, with little fresh air allowed in!

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The food-and-drink law is another stupid law as the prohibition law of the last century. To avoid breaking Utah law just order an appetizer with your drinks. That's actually not a bad idea for the establishment and the people.

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Well, the prisoners picked up all the trash along Highway 18 again, but the bags are still along side the road getting ready to fall apart and spill the trash all over again. Strange.

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Regarding the article about the lawmakers being proud of their low-ranking accessibility to wine in Utah: Funny, since so many of us have more accessibly than others driving to Mesquite to stock up, buying cases of it. Utah loses so much money and tax revenue, too. Does that badge of honor also extend over to Hildale, and the abuse that goes on there that they turn a blind eye to and that Utah has a high ranking in prescription drug overdoses?

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I don't want to see a dog/pet/animal in the grocery store and especially not in a shopping cart, which I have witnessed a couple of times. I also hate those carts with the seats in them where probably a diaper has been or a slobbery kid. I just cringe and try to grab an "adult cart" with no seat. As far as people who want to haul around their dogs in purses/carriers or leaving them in the car, don't you think they would be much happier at home in the yard and not with you shopping? I love pets, I have four, and they don't want to go shopping with their human.

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If the Erin Kimball foundation wanted a guarantee of who their neighbors would be, three years later, they shouldn't have put the home in a commercial/industrial area. Buying a home in a residential neighborhood would have been a much safer bet. The traffic noise from Telegraph Road will be far greater then the noise they will hear from the gun business. It appears the business has bent over backwards to be good neighbors, did noise tests, offered to build a wall, offered to give shooting lessons, etc. I think this situation is not as bad as it seems and filing a lawsuit is not the answer.

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Let's take up the animal shelter situation in November. We need to vote out the mayor and every council member because they all know what's going on out there.

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There have been some murders lately, but I don't hear Obama saying, "those could have been my kids."

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About those brainless punks who murdered the World War II veteran: He went through hell in Okinawa for this country. If they don't get the death penalty, they should lock them up and throw away the key.

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A writer on Aug. 29 criticizes Sen. Lee for wanting to defund "Obamacare" and states that "evidence suggests that it (Obamacare) will be at least partly successful and that's better than what we have now." Is partly successful good enough? The major labor unions who overwhelmingly supported this law are now up in arms on how it will effect their members. And how about the effect on employment?

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This past week featured events in Washington, D.C., commemorating Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech 50 years ago. Many of last week's speakers ignored the content of Dr. King's speech and instead railed against voter ID laws claiming the laws will prevent Democrats from voting. I seriously doubt that. However, such laws just might prevent Democrats from voting two or three times.

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History shows that whenever labor costs becomes too high for businesses to remain competitive and profitable, that either: a) the labor is replaced with machinery and electronics, b) the work is outsourced to foreign countries with cheaper labor, or c) businesses layoff employees or close their doors. Fast-food cashiers can be with touch-screen ordering systems that cost $2,000 per touch-screen; preparers and servers can be replaced with robots that produce and serve 300-plus meals per hour.

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Syria, another place we are going to try and prove how superior we are. Umpteen lessons don't seem to change our minds. Just think. What happens when, or if, attacked by grossly expensive missiles from our ships Syria responds? Just say they sink one or more of our aggressive vessels. Is this war for sure? We would most likely send in troops ordered and commanded by incompetents who will do no fighting but get the rewards. Corruption shaped by corporate profits plus pay-offs behind the scenes. DeJa vu.

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The Vent

Excuse me? Alcoholism and drug addiction are now a disability? I believe these are the result of premeditated stupidity. And as a popular comedian says, '